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CHARLES s. rA1.cu,LD.
ISAAC AAyNAnu.
,hMEs VI. HYATT.

pretty well understood in well-informed politi-
cal circles that tho Cabinet changes herein
proposed had been determined upon by the
President weeks in advance, the an
nouncement OF tho appointments created no
surprise. 1t hns been said that Mr.. Lamar will
either be promptly confirmed or else Il long and
stubborn fight will be nnde against him. What
| reasons the President has to think he can con-
troll enough Republican Senators to insure an
With Faulkner Of West Virginia out, the DEM
ocrats have not their full strength by ono vote,
but they do not seem uneasy.
LOCUS Q. G. LAMAR
Mr. Lamar was born at Oxford Putnam
County, Ga, Sept. II, 1925, and received his
enrly schooling in his native town Ho gradua-
ted at Emory College, Georgia, in 1915. He
studied law at Macon, Ga, aud was admitted
to the bar in l-47. He moved to Oxford, Miss,
in lsi9 and was elected Adjunct Professor OF
Mathematics in tho Mississippi State Univer-
sity. He resigned i'll 1870, and went to Cov;ng-
ton, Co., where he devoted himself to the prnc.
tice Of law. In 1853 he was elected to the
returned to Mississippi. where he settled on o
plantation in Lafayette County. He was elect
ed to tho hrty fifth and Thirty-sixth Con-
crosses. and resigned in $50. He entered
tenant Colonel Of tie Nineteenth Missis-
sippi Volunteers, and was soon promoted
to the Colonelcy. In 1858 he was sent to Rus
sia by the Confederate Government on an
important diplomatic mission. He returned to
Mississippi ut the close Of the war, and in 1866,
was elected Professor OF Political Economy
Gts
A year later he was transferred to tho Profess
sorship Of Law. He WINS elected to the Forty
third Congress and reelected to tho forty
fourth. In the winter of 1S76'17 he was elected
to the Senate, where he served until his APP
pointment rs Secretary Of the Interior. He was
u widower until q few months ago. when he
sweetheart in their youth, and has no fortune
outside his official salary. He lives quietly,
and often passes intimate friends unrecognized
when he is in q brown study.
q
Charles >. tairchild was born at Cazenovia.
n. Y, in 1912, was graduated ut Harvard, and
where he was very successful. In 1875 he VI as
| elected Attorney General OF New York Oh the
Democratic ticket He was a candidate for re-
nomination in ls77, hnt WIS defeated in the
co!i|eut,on by Augustus ScLooum.Lker Ir hIr
Fuir:hild held nopubiic Office since that ycnr.
| ni!i'. in lso he %us appointed by President
CleTennd to be Assistant Secretary OF the
Tensury. In tho meantime he was President
OF the New York State Chnrities Aid Associu-
WILLIAM FREEMAN Villas.
Mr.. Villas was born ut Cheisen, Orange Couu-
! ty, Vt, July 9, 1870. When he was IL years old
, lie went to Wisconsin, where, few months
alter, he was entered as pupil Of the prepare
In loJ3 he matriculated i'll the freshman class
| of that institution, and was graduated there in
1915: After taking his aoadomicel degree he
ated from the law school Of that city in 1860
Atter his admission to the Supreme Court OF
New York he removed to Wisconsin, where on
his birthday, July .. 1860, he mado his first
argument before the Supreme Court OF that
State. Upon the breaking out Of the war Mr.
| Villas entered the army as Captain in the
Twenty-third Wisconsin Volunteers and rose to
be MAJOR and Lieutenant Colonel He resigned
his commission and resumed the practice Of the
law January l, 1864 The Supreme Court OF
| Wisconsin appointed Colonel Villas one OF the
revisers of the statutes OF the State in 1876 and
the revision OF 1878, adopted by the state, was
partly made by him. He has hold various posi-.
tions OF trust in Wisconsin, and in 1854 IS was a
member of the lower house of the Legislatnre
he is iino orator his famous eulogy OF Grant
at the Chicago banquet giving him q national
reputation He presided over the National
Democratic Convention which nominated
| Cleveland.
DON NJ. DICKINSON.
Don NJ. Dickinson was born in Port Ontario.
Oswego. County. New York. JAN II. 1886 In
lS4s, when Don NJ. was but 9 years old the
Dickinsons moved to Michigan. After passing
! through the public schools in Detroit he on.
tered the law department OF the State Uni.
Versity. de was good student, and the degree
| OF Lib. made the young Detroiter a fun.
hedged scholar. he achieved almost instant
| success as n lawyer, and it was not long before
bis practice became the most lucrative in the
State. Much OF his attention was turned to
| Dankruptcy cases, and he aided largely in fran.
ing the Michigan insolvency laws. His most
recent success was MS counsel in the telephone
case before the United States Supreme Court,